gdy

gdy

"When" or "as."

'Gdy' is used here in an interrogative form to inquire about someone's actions during a specific condition or situation, analogous to 'when' or 'if'.

Co robisz, gdy pada deszcz?

What do you do when it rains?

In this example, 'gdy' introduces a temporal clause to describe the time of the event in question, functioning like 'when' in English.

Byłem zaskoczony, gdy usłyszałem tę wiadomość.

I was surprised when I heard the news.

Here, 'gdy' is used to introduce a subordinate clause indicating a time frame, serving a similar purpose as 'when' in English.

Gdy był dzieckiem, zawsze bawił się w parku.

When he was a child, he always played in the park.